tonight, as we come back on the air in the east and the west, what the president said just a short time ago, now taking a second test for the coronavirus, it came back negative. more than 1,100 deaths in just 24 hours in the u.s. and as we team up with our abc stations this half hour, the alarming report tonight on young people and babies with the virus. tonight, new york's governor warning new york could be out of ventilators in just six days. and what the governor said just today about when this could peak here in the epicenter. tonight, news coming in, the virus taking a devastating toll. three infected members of the same family dying. the doctors and nurses on the front lines. hundreds of health care workers now sick. the e.r. doctor tonight who has now died. and the harrowing message from a group of nurses in boston, sending a video out. their plea. states just now imposing stay at home orders.

after weeks of reports on this, the governor of georgia saying he just learned you could be contagious if you're asymptomatic. in new york city tonight, the mayor now advising new yorkers to wear masks in public. the mayor of los angeles saying the same thing. hospitals tonight across this country sounding the alarm. president trump vowing to take more action under the defense production act. ordering more companies to make ventilators and much-needed equipment. and news tonight on the nation's stockpile of protective gear. how low is it? tonight, russia and china sending supplies. and this evening, what we're hearing from the governor of california, who says the federal government sent them 170 ventilators that did not work. we report tonight on the company now rushing to fix them. the staggering toll on american families. the devastating new unemployment numbers. another 6.6 million americans filing for benefits in just the last week. that's nearly 10 million people out of a job in two weeks.

tonight, why the real number could be much worse, as we now hear from workers from iowa to florida to new york. and what if you've lost your health insurance? the white house is pressed, will the administration allow americans to enroll in obamacare? they decided not to allow for enrollment, but what americans can do tonight, as we look for solutions for you. news on those two cruise ships off florida tonight. at least four dead onboard and multiple passengers believed to have the virus. what we've now learned. good evening as we come back on the air tonight with new numbers just in, as the death toll rises across this country. the growing toll on first responders. here in new york city alone, we have just learned tonight that the nypd has now revealed a sixth death from coronavirus. and that 1,300 officers have now tested positive for the virus. this half hour, as we team up with our abc stations, the new report on the young people across this country who have the

virus, including babies. that report from wpvi in philadelphia. and a short time ago, president trump confirming he's now issuing new orders under the defense production act to make desperately needed equipment. the governor of new york today saying ventilators could run out in six days. and tonight, the numbers here at home. in just two weeks time, we've gone from 11,000 reported cases to 236,000 in the u.s. the death toll rising to more than 5,600. more than 1,100 dying in just 24 hours. and tonight, we've learned a staggering 6.6 million americans applying for unemployment benefits. that's 10 million in just the past two weeks. and if you've lost your job, what about health insurance? we have some important options for you right here tonight. the mayor of los angeles now urging people to wear masks. just a short time ago, new york city's mayor now telling new yorkers to wear masks when you leave home. and will the white house offer national guidelines? we're also out across the country. texas expected to be one of the next hot spots. this site now up in houston for

testing. florida seeing rising numbers, as well. the national guard assisting as this drive-through test site in orlando. and this half hour, dr. jen ashton on how soon americans might be able to get a test that would show antibodies, whether you've had the virus without even knowing it. but we begin with abc's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as the deadly pandemic sweeps the nation, an especially cruel blow to one family in ohio. three members of the conkey family dying in just three days. >> they were always there for us. went everywhere and did everything together. >> reporter: katie lost both her grandmother, judith, and grandfather, lewis, on tuesday. sunday, it was her uncle who passed, after being placed on life support. now, katie is in self-quarantine, her step-father in the hospital. >> we can't have a funeral the proper way. we can't grieve with our friends and our family. and it just makes everything ten times worse and tougher. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll

now topping 5,600. >> this is going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: in new york state alone, the number of infections approaching 100,000. ambulances shipped in from across america staging at the bronx zoo. governor cuomo now saying the peak could happen anywhere from 7 to 30 days. adding this dire warning -- that the state could run out of lifesaving ventilators in less than a week. >> at the current burn rate, we have about six days of ventilators in our stockpile. >> reporter: just moments ago, president trump with this announcement. >> i directed secretary azar and acting secretary wolf to use any and all available authority under the defense production act to ensure that domestic manufacturers have the supplies they need to produce ventilators for patients with severe cases of covid-19. >> reporter: and it's not just machines, but human resources stretched thin.

>> we need to be fully prepared with our ppe. face shield or eye cover, n-95 mask with another mask on top, impermeable gown, gloves -- double gloves. >> reporter: today, the head of mt. sinai's cardiac icu turning it into a covid ward. >> wonderful. so, she's still extubated and breathing easily, right? >> yes. >> wonderful. >> reporter: but those working to save lives also falling victim to the disease. like e.r. dr. frank gabrin in new jersey. >> i believe that caring for others should be the most emotionally rewarding job on the planet. >> reporter: dr. gabrin contracted the virus while trying to save others. >> it went from manageable to unmanageable almost overnight. i think they were just caught offguard. he said, look, the gloves i have are a size medium, i'm extra large. every time i put them on, they break. i've had to use this week, my mask, for four shifts. >> reporter: his friend, debra

lyons, says he stayed home after showing symptoms and died in his husband's arms. in massachusetts, 749 healthcare workers have tested positive for covid-19, including 151 at just one boston hospital. these icu nurses assembling like they're ready for battle. >> we all have a part to play in flattening the curve. we are begging you to do yours so we can do ours. >> reporter: across the country, 9 out of 10 americans answering that call by staying home. though the governors of 11 states have still resisted issuing official stay at home orders. georgia governor brian kemp struggled to explain what prompted him to wait until yesterday. >> finding out that this virus is now transmitting before people see signs, we didn't know that until the last 24 hours. this is a game-changer for us. >> reporter: the fact is, doctors have warned for weeks that people without symptoms can spread the disease. experts say states like texas

and florida, which were late to issue stay at home guidance, may become new hot spots. there's also the matter of whether americans should wear masks when they venture outdoors. now the mayors of the nation's two largest cities, los angeles and new york, both urging residents to cover up. >> it could be a scarf, it could be something you create yourself at home. >> this will be the look. i know it will look surreal. and we're going to have to get used to seeing each other like this. >> really something to see the l.a. mayor overnight demonstrate the mask. mayor de blasio late today. and whit, you have more this half hour on what we heard from the mayor today, saying the same thing, that new yorkers that leave home should wear masks. what do we know about any formal national guidance on this from the white house? >> reporter: david, president trump just said moments ago that formal guidelines from the white house will likely come soon on whether the general public should wear some kind of face covering. but dr. birx of the white house coronavirus task force made the point that masks are no

substitute for social distancing and they don't want to give people a false sense of security. david? >> which is really important and they also don't want a run on medical supplies, as well. we'll await more guidance on this. whit, thank you. we have new reporting this half hour on the growing number of young people in this country who have the virus, even babies. in one county alone outside philadelphia, there are 32 confirmed cases of patients under the age of 18, including a baby. a 1-month-old. so tonight here, we team up with our abc stations and here's wpvi's sharry williams from philadelphia. >> reporter: tonight, the coronavirus is attacking some of the youngest and most vulnerable americans. in hard-hit montgomery county outside philadelphia, 32 confirmed cases are patients under the age of 18, including a 1-month-old. and more than half of all cases in philadelphia are under the age of 49. >> our hearts break for that family. >> reporter: in connecticut, a 6-week-old infant died after contracting the virus, one of

the youngest known victims of the pandemic. >> if you haven't been paying attention, maybe this is your wakeup call. >> reporter: over the weekend, health officials in illinois confirmed the death of an infant who tested positive. two more infants have been infected in san diego. a small study out of china found that 3 out of 33 pregnant women gave birth to newborns who then tested positive. all three infants recovered. >> shirn under the age of 1, especially newborn babies, are highly susceptible to respiratory infections. >> reporter: in new york city, the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak, 1 out of every 5 people hospitalized is under the age of 44. pam becker lives in colorado. both she, her husband and her 22-year-old son caught the virus. >> a lot of these young people think that they can't get it or that they're going to be just fine, but it's not the case. >> reporter: david, health experts say diabetes, asthma and

pediatric cancers are the underlying cancers that could present the biggest problems in young children and social distancing rules apply to young and old alike. david? >> that's for sure. so important that we get the word out. shar rui williams and the team at wpvi tonight, thank you for your excellent coverage for weeks now. and as young people fight this, so are doctors and nurses and health care workers who are now contracting the virus while fighting the battle on the front lines, which is why they are desperately pleaing tonight for protective gear, not just the ventilators that are much needed, but their gear, too. abc's matt gutman from california tonight on that part of the story. >> reporter: with the federal stockpile nearly depleted, the president stepping up the defense production act, ordering companies to manufacture those desperately needed ventilators. >> we have over 100,000 being built right now or soon to be started. >> reporter: but fema has told congress those ventilators won't be rolled out until late june at the earliest. in the meantime, the country sourcing supplies from abroad. this russian jet lumbering into

new york, loaded with ppe and ventilators. and a million masks aboard the patriots jet purchased in china and flown into boston. but states warning they need ventilators by the tens of thousands. in california, the governor there telling us the shipment of 170 ventilators from the federal government stockpile didn't work. >> we thought they were operational and then we started testing them and unfortunately, all 170 that we received are not. >> reporter: so bloom energy offered to help. problem is, it makes fuel cells, not ventilators. you download the instructions off google? >> i stayed up all night reading the manual, studying it, trying tor:utven inrctsthway, t t fnt linesngdefensesi go two,o aute my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament. >> reporter: nurses in missouri protesting. in other places, they're quitting. >> i felt that it was unsafe work conditions, so, that's why i left. >> reporter: nate is a nurse in new orleans.

>> we're using masks for five to seven shifts, generally. >> reporter: those masks being stored in rows of paper bags. it's not just the protective gear to keep themselves safe, in some hospitals, medical personnel saying they're running low on the tools to keep patients alive, including oxygen. >> people are coming in, they need oxygen to breathe and it's really the only treatment that helps. so, everyone is being hooked up to an oxygen tank and it's becoming harder and harder to find them. >> matt gutman back with us live from california this half hour. and that company you talked to, matt, refurbishing ventilators. you reveal ltd yet another hurdle, they're now facing a supply problem themselves? >> reporter: they are, david. they say they can refishish 1,000 a week, but they can't get their hands on enough of them. they are issuing to states asking for ventilators from that same national stockpile, that some of them may also not work. david? >> all right, we know you'll stay on this. matt, thank you. there. >> reporter: staggering new numbers today on unemployment

that we learned today. 6.6 million americans applied for unemployment benefits last week alone. that means nearly 10 million workers have applied for unemployment in just two weeks. here's our chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the swelling number of people out of work, that parallel catastrophe to the virus itself. the speed of layoffs, unprecedented. the pain being felt across the country. >> i know i was not prepared for this. >> never been put in this position before. never thought i would have to be in this position. >> reporter: all told, in just two weeks, nearly 10 million americans have filed for unemployment insurance. those numbers don't include the self-employed or the many americans who've been trying to apply but can't, like todd sayland in ft. lauderdale, florida, who lost his job as a server on march 17th. >> i immediately filed on their website, which took days honestly to file. >> reporter: after completing the initial paperwork after five

days of trying, todd was told to check back on march 31st. he did. >> and now everything is still marked pending. so -- i know everybody probably is experiencing the exact same frustrations. >> reporter: david, you can see the urgent need for those government stimulus checks. for the vast majority of americans, they will be directly deposited automatically beginning in about two weeks. but if you get your tax refund by check, it could take longer. treasury secretary mnuchin says they're setting up a web portal with more options. david? >> all right, i know you're going to stay on this for workers across this country. rebecca, thank you. and of course, if your lost your job, what about your health insurance? president trump made it clear they will not reopen enrollment in obamacare. so, what do you do? mary bruce with solutions tonight. >> reporter: as unemployment skyrockets, millions of americans tonight are worried about their health insurance. pressed wednesday on his plan to help the uninsured, the president punted to the vice president. >> maybe mike, you want to say a few words about this?

>> we'll get through this using the full weight of the federal government and the full strength of the american economy. >> reporter: the vice president had few details and that seemed to be okay with the president. >> i think it's one of the greatest answers i've ever heard. because mike was able to speak for five minutes and not even touch your question. >> reporter: in the midst of this health crisis, trump has for obamacare. and his administration has been urging the supreme court to dismantle the law entirely. but there are options. if you've lost your job, you may be able to continue your existing insurance or you'll have a 60-day window to enroll through obamacare. if you did not have health insurance to begin with, check and see if you live in one of these 12 states that runs its own insurance exchange program and has open enrollment, or see if you qualify for coverage through medicaid. so, bottom line, tonight, there's a chance you may have that 60-day window to apply for obamacare, even if the president won't reopen enrollment. buff david, just moments ago, the president floated a new idea, saying he may consider

cash payments to uninsured americans. david? >> we'll stay on that and of course try to figure out what that means in the days to come. mary, thank you. we also have news on those two cruise ships that had been stuck off florida with hundreds of sick passengers onboard. and victor oquendo is in florida tonight. >> reporter: tonight, these two massive cruise ships, one carrying sick passengers, finally allowed to dock in ft. lauderdale, after nearly a month at sea. >> folks, zaandam and rotterdam have just received clearance for both ships to proceed into port everglades. >> reporter: more than 300 americans and 1,000 foreign travelers onboard. >> this is our new home. >> reporter: many in cramped rooms. >> lives are at risk here on the ships. we don't want anymore fatalities. >> reporter: at least four people onboard the zaandam are dead. two of the deaths are blamed on covid-19. more than 250 reporting flu-like symptoms. officials and the cruise line agreeing to a plan to get all the passengers off safely. florida's governor initially reluctant to let anyone but floridians on shore. >> my understanding is that most

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